Craig Phillips, senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, recounts the Trump administration’s difficulties in ending the net worth sweep and the conservatorships.
A recent report from the Congressional Research Service suggests that it may be difficult to simultaneously raise the capital requirements for the GSEs and shrink their footprint, and still expect them to attract equity investors.
Jason Griest has been with Freddie for the past eight years. Prior to that, he held capital markets or securitizations positions at Fannie Mae, Bank of America and JP Morgan.
Several of the regulatory and management measures undertaken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic are slowly being eased. Is that a sign markets are improving?
Out of the $3.158 trillion unpaid principal balance in Fannie’s population of outstanding MBS, $201.3 billion would be eligible for a refi under the new program.
Veteran stock analyst Richard Bove upgraded the common shares of Fannie and Freddie to “hold” from “sell.” Last week, analyst Bose George had downgraded the stocks to “underperform.”
In addition to a couple of traditional K-deals, Freddie Mac offered sustainability bonds and deals based on supplemental loans and small-balance loans.